Women have not been served well by the financial services industry. As a female wealth manager advising both sexes, I see an industry that is still largely run by men, for men, every day. I have worked in the sector for 22 years and there have been times when I have been the only woman, or one of very few women, at networking or industry events, where the room was wall-to-wall dark suits.

Even in the past few years, when the industry has been working to address this, attendance at such events has still been dominated by men.

This seems to be backed up by the statistics: a 2016 report by the think tank New Financial found that only one in seven executive committee members…

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